happy design

Tag Archive for brainstorming

Great people, great sessions. I was privileged enough to have been accepted to run a workshop at the most recent Future of Web Apps conference in London. How to Build a Web App Fast Eewei Chen, BSkyB & Jill Irving, ThoughtWorks This workshop allows you to experiment with rapid design and coding techniques to help you deliver an idea for… Read more →

If I had to sum up Agile 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah in three words it would be, “Wow, wow, wow!” I was lucky enough to have been accepted to present, speak and run a 90 minute workshop at the 10 year anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto. Workshop attendees had to solve my design challenge in… Read more →

Observation allows one to be objective and offer a fresh and if need be, positive disruption. We have our own unique ways of running workshops and facilitating ideas as an inception team and I as an inception (early business envisioning and feasibility) lead. BUT we must humble ourselves it we are to remain open and suggestive to ideas. A leader… Read more →

In this short, provocative talk, architect Alison Killing looks at buildings where death and dying happen -- cemeteries, hospitals, homes. The way we die is changing, and the way we build for dying ... well, maybe that should too. It's a surprisingly fascinating look at a hidden aspect of our cities, and our lives.

Dame Stephanie Shirley is the most successful tech entrepreneur you never heard of. In the 1960s, she founded a pioneering all-woman software company in the UK, which was ultimately valued at $3 billion, making millionaires of 70 of her team members. In this frank and often hilarious talk, she explains why she went by “Steve,” how she upended the expectation

Theaster Gates, a potter by training and a social activist by calling, wanted to do something about the sorry state of his neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. So he did, transforming abandoned buildings to create community hubs that connect and inspire those who still live there (and draw in those who don't). In this passionate talk, Gates descri